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FZPN04 KNHC 151649
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1715 UTC WED APR 15 2009

CCODE/1:31:16:01:00/AOW/NWS/CCODE
SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS

SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE 
HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES. INDIVIDUAL WAVES MAY
BE MORE THAN TWICE THE SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT.

SECURITE

S PACIFIC FROM THE EQUATOR TO 18.5S E OF 120W

SYNOPSIS VALID 1200 UTC WED APR 15.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC THU APR 16.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC FRI APR 17.

.WARNINGS.

...ASHFALL ADVISORY...
LA CUMBRE VOLCANO ON ISLA FERNANDINA GALAPAGOS LOCATED AT 
00.4S91.5W HAS ERUPTED. LIGHT VOLCANIC ASH EXTENDS 180 NM TO 
THE WEST OF THE VOLCANO MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT APPROXIMATELY 
10 KT. EXERCISE CAUTION AS VISIBILITIES LESS THAN 5 NM ARE 
LIKELY NORTH OF 02S BETWEEN 91.5W AND 95W...WITH LOWEST 
VISIBILITY NEAR THE WESTERN COAST OF ISLA FERNANDINA. GASES... 
INCLUDING SULFUR DIOXIDE...EXTEND 600 NM TO THE W OF THE 
VOLCANO. EXERCISE CAUTION DUE THE GASES IN THE AREA N OF 02S 
BETWEEN 91W AND 103W. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF 03S W OF 100W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT WITH SW 
SWELL. S OF LINE FROM 03S100W TO 10S78W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 9 FT IN SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 05S W OF 85W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 10 FT WITH SW SWELL. S OF 07S BETWEEN 75W AND 85W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT IN SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 15S TO 05S W OF 90W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 9 FT WITH SW SWELL. 

.REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 

.CONVECTION VALID 1622 UTC WED APR 15...

SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 100 NM OF 02.5S104W.

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.FORECASTER LL. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.